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Social divides in the age of globalization
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Abstract In recent decades, a new integration-demarcation cleavage has emerged in Europe, pitting political parties in favour of globalisation against those opposing globalisation. Although a lot is known about the socio-structural basis and the political organisation of this cleavage, we do not know the ext... view more
In recent decades, a new integration-demarcation cleavage has emerged in Europe, pitting political parties in favour of globalisation against those opposing globalisation. Although a lot is known about the socio-structural basis and the political organisation of this cleavage, we do not know the extent to which these political divides have led to social divides. Therefore, this article investigates how losers and winners of globalisation oppose each other. On the basis of representative online experiments in Germany and Austria, this article studies attitudes and behaviour towards people with different nationalities, education, and party preferences, which correspond to the cultural, socio-structural, and organisational elements of the new cleavage. More particularly, the extent to which people are willing to interact with each other in daily life and how much they trust each other is investigated. The main results show that people who identify with different parties (especially if they belong to the other side of the cleavage) oppose each other much more strongly than people with different nationalities. There is no divide, however, between the low-skilled and high-skilled. Finally, it appears that the social divides are asymmetrical: the winners of globalisation resent the losers more than the other way round.... view less
Keywords
globalization; criticism of globalization; polarization; populism; social relations; group membership; nationality; attitude; opinion formation; socioeconomic factors; Federal Republic of Germany; Austria
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
affective; cleavages
Document language
English
Publication Year
2019
Page/Pages
p. 1-24
Journal
West European Politics, 42 (2019)
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10419/209754
ISSN
1743-9655
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0